Jan 14th- We arrived in Ushuaia last night, had dinner, walked around town. Ushuaia is known as the end of the world and I had fun singing, “it’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.”
We waited all day today to board the ship. Boarding didn’t start until 3pm and we had to check out of our hotel at 10am... Ushuaia is very pretty, surrounded by mountains, lots of trails... but unfortunately it was cloudy and rainy. We did end up taking a taxi to a glacier parking lot, but didn’t do the full hike because it was strenuous and we already fell on the trail twice. (And got super muddy!)
We waited and waited and waited and waited until finally we boarded the ship! Woohoo! 4 days since we left home and we’re finally getting somewhere!
The Ocean Nova is pretty nice. It’s no Royal Caribbean or anything, but it’s nice for what it is. (definitely better than I thought!)
We had our first stop Puerto Williams.... the southernmost town in the world. We didn’t get off and, according to those that did get off, we didn’t miss anything. It was raining, the museum in the town was closed, and there was nothing really to do.
We did have a briefing in which they told us over and over that we need to be flexible this trip. Weather could change things, outside forces could change things... and we need to be flexible.
They told us that tomorrow (the 15th) we actually have a really good chance of going to Cape Horn! The leader said of the 20 times he has done this trip he has only made it to Cape Horn 7 of those times. This is because the weather and the sea make it very challenging to land.
MOOD: Happy to be on the ship (finally!) and excited to be one of the lucky ones to go to Cape Horn! There is a definite energy being around fellow travelers. For many, this marks #7 for them so there is a lot of excitement!
Jan 15th: We were just told we wouldn’t be able to go to Cape Horn because we have to drop off a Chilean pilot to a navy ship. (Don’t ask)
MOOD: Seriously?! The weather is perfect for Cape Horn and we can’t go because of the Chilean navy?! FRUSTRATED(!!!) Once again we are reminded to be flexible.
This means all day today and all day tomorrow we will be stuck in the ship with no stops.
Other MOOD: seas are rough and people are getting sick. I’ve been taking Dramamine, but my stomach has been a little blagh. Feels best when I lay down.
Jan 16: Spent most of my day yesterday and today in bed. Haven’t felt like I was going to get sick (thankfully), but , my stomach feels better when I’m lying flat and don't want to risk it!
They have presentations on the ship which is on a higher deck... (higher deck is a no go for me because it makes me feel worse so that’s unfortunate) I did watch one “movie/documentary” about the drake passage and that was kind of cool.
I tried to sit through one or two other presentations these past couple days, but I ended up leaving due to feeling bad. The presenters (and I’m sorry for saying this) aren’t very good at engaging the audience. It should be all about storytelling and getting people excited, but it felt more like a (boring) lecture.
MOOD: GET ME OFF OF THIS SHIP!!!!! Everyone is getting antsy, some are getting sick, and everyone is ready to finally see what we came for! They also told us we are behind schedule because of the weather so we might not see Antarctica until late tomorrow... which means almost 3 whole days of lying in bed.
We left one week ago tomorrow. That means it has taken us a whole week to get to Antarctica.
Mood: AGHHHH
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